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Just looking at a picture of yourself from eight years ago can inspire of a mix of thoughts like "Oh my god that hair!" and "What the hell happened to me," and "Oh man, I miss that shirt." But just imagine how surreal it'd be to watch a time lapse-video of yourself aging over the span of eight and a half years via thousands of daily selfies. That's exactly what a 20-year-old dude has created, and it's stunning.

In just two minutes, you can watch a 12-year-old Hugo Cornellier gradually transform into a 20-year-old man -- complete with several changes of scenery, the expected physical changes over so many years (hello, chest hair!), and even a few facial hair experiments along the way, among other events he notes in captions throughout. Notably absent in those selfies: smiles, and progressively more often, Hugo's shirt.

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As he explains in the video's description, the project not only involved taking selfies every day for the last eight and a half years, but also painstakingly editing each of them to be centered. But despite all the work, Cornellier said he's far from done.

"The project is now everything I want it to be," he said in the video description. "See y'all at the 10 year mark."

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Tony Merevick is Cities News Editor at Thrillist and wishes he would have done this just to see how his hair has changed over the years, because damn. Send news tips to news@thrillist.com and follow him on Twitter @tonymerevick.